Portable rail fence



(No Model.)

0 B. WYNEGAB. PORTABLE BAIL FENCE.

-No. 447,223. Patented Feb. 24,1891.

Wilgesscs lgoegior UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

CLYDE B. IVYNEGAR, OF- NINEVEI'I, INDIANA.

PORTABLE RAIL' FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 447,223, dated February 24, 1891. Application filed June 17, 1890. Serial No. 355,777. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that CLYDE B. \VYNEGAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nineveh, in the county of Johnson and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Portable Rail Fence, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in portable rail fences, and has for its object to provide a simple, durable, and inexpensive fence, easily constructed and easily taken down for transportation, but at the same time, while the rails are-in position on the posts, it provides against the sagging of the rails and against the derangement of any part of the fence; and it consists of slats secured to ordinary posts by means of wire in a novel arrangement hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a section of a fence constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through one of the posts, showing the method of securing the rails and wire to the post.

1 indicates the posts of my fence, which are of ordinary structure and are sunk in the ground a sufficient distance to secure firmness. The rails 3 are secured to the posts on alternate sides thereof, being placed on each succeedin g post on the face opposite to that on which it was secured on the last post, thus making a'strong and durable fence, the post being braced by the rails themselves, the weight on each side of the post being equal and the alternation of the rails givingstrength.

In constructing the fence I begin at the bottom of the post by securing the wire 3 by an o'fdinary staple, as me; then place the rail at a distance from the bottom of the post optional to the builder, and wrap the wire 3' tightly around the end of the rail, as at 5, and drive a staple 6 over the wrap into the rail, thus holding the wire rigidly in position on the rail. Staples 7 are then driven over the wire into the post immediately above the rail just coiled and stapled,and each succeeding rail is similarly coiled with the wire, having a staple passing thereover into the rail and held to the post by the wire being secured to the post immediately above the rail until the desired height of fence is reached, and then the wire is secured to the top of the post at S as at the bottom.

As completed, the fence consists of rails secured to alternate sides of posts by means of wires coiled over the ends, the coiled wire fastened to the rails by ordinary securing means and to the posts between each rail, thus holding the rails firmly at any distance apart securely to the posts and to the wire, as aforesaid.

When it is desired to remove a string of this fence for any purpose, all that is necessary to be done is to remove the staples in the posts between the rails and roll the whole up in a bundle, when it is ready for transportation, and to replace it on the posts the bundle is unrolled,the wire secured to the top and bottom of the posts, and then between-the by wires, the combination, with the posts, of

the rails having their ends bearing flat against the posts, and the securing-wires secured at their ends to the top and bottomot' the posts and at intermediate points coiled around the endsof each rail, and staples passed over the coils into each rail and also over the Wires into the post between the rails, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLYDE B. WYNEGAR. Witnesses:

GRARY J. MoILvAIN, ELMER WooDeUEF. 

